Record ID: LON-5E1AD2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy cloth alnage seal dating 1707-1714. This is a two disc seal with connecting tab. Side 1: Crown over triple rose, flowering plant motifs to sides. Side 2: Shield with arms of post 1707-Union Britain, Garter with motto HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE around, surmounted by crowned helmet having lion passant on, with mantling, and supported by lion and unicorn. A very similar seal is illustrated in Egan (1994:75 no. 196). Dimensions: thickness: 16.40mm; diameter: 39.01mm; weight: 33.21g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 4th June 2010
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Record ID: LON-6E3258
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal dating 16th - 17TH century. This is a two-part cloth seal which is comprised of two discs connected by a strip with the rivet perforating disc two and stamped flat. Side one reads: LEY/DEN with a rosette flanked by two saltires above and all within a wreath; it is also stamped with a circular stamp with the initials CD/DC. Side two shows a double-headed eagle. The inscription identifies the seal with the city of Leiden in the Netherlands and the double-headed eagle with the Hanseatic merchants. Dimensions: length: 30.72mm; diameter: 24.8…
Created on: Tuesday 26th October 2010
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2010
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Record ID: LON-F33738
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy incomplete cloth seal dating to 1650. This is a two disc cloth seal with one side reading "[W]ORST/E[]DREF/[O]RMED/[1]650). Only a fragment remains of the other side and that reads "[-]XV[-]". Seals for Norfolk worsteds had two discs. In the second half of the 17th century seals were applied to both ends of the textile, one stamped with "Norwich" and the initials of the annually-elected wardens of the worsted weavers' guild and the other with "worsted reformed" and the length in yards (Egan 1992, 3). Dimensions: length: 21.59mm; width: 18.63mm;…
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 7th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-169091
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy two-part cloth seal dating 16th - 17th century. This is a two-part cloth seal which comprises two discs connected by a strip with the rivet perforating disc two and stamped flat. Side one shows two initials P or F B with knotwork between. Side two is blank. Dimensions: length including connecting strip: 24.61mm; thickness: 3.26mm; diameter of disc one: 20.56mm; weight: 6.61g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 10th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-F9EAB2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval lead alloy cloth seal (17th century). This is a two disc seal with an interconnecting strip. On the first disc is a privy mark and the initials “WA”, probably a clothier or weaver. Any mark on the second disc is illegible. Identification and dating by Tony Pilson and Ian Smith based on foreshore context.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of London', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-C2DF82
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal from Gloucester (AD1665). This is a four-part cloth seal where each part is lozenge-shaped. The two larger parts are stamped. Side one bears the crown above the Royal shield with C to the right and R to the left for Charles II. Side two reads GLOS/TER/1665 with an annulet above. The lower two unmarked sides are joined with the stud and perforation. Dimensions: length: 41.41mm; width: 22.35mm; thickness: 7.24mm; weight: 9.64g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of London', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-7D5141
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy four-part cloth seal dating to the end of the 16th century. Disc one includes the integral rivet. The stamped rivet has the lettering "SER/CHED" still legible. Disc two is the first inner disc and shows an animal, possibly horse, with raised fore leg and the letters PH. Disc three, the second inner disc, shows a rose with crown above and "COM II ---" around the edge. Disc four is the final perforated disc and has no markings. Dimensions: Length: 67.65mm; thickness including rivet: 4.85mm; diameter: 17.45mm; weight: 10.08g. Reference: Egan, G…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-22F377
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy Dutch immigrant community cloth seal for Say (late 16th – 17th century). This is a two-part cloth seal with the interconnecting tab still present. Disc one: DUYTS/YOCRUIS/AYE VAN/[-]OLCISTER/[-]571 Disc two: Griffin rampant with two large perforations Dimensions: Diameter: 35.02mm; weight: 20.75g.
Created on: Tuesday 31st March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-747FA6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal (AD1500-1800). This is a two disc cloth seal with interconnecting strip. Side one: Bust facing left ‘M’ behind Side two: Blank Dimensions: diameter: 24.62mm; length: 44.63mm; thickness: 2.52mm; weight: 6.05g.
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deptford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-D9EA16
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval - Modern lead alloy cloth seal dating to late 16th - 19th century. This is a two part seal where the first disc has two ligatured initials possibly L and M. The second disc is blank. This is probably a privy mark of a clothier, weaver or searcher. Dimensions: length: 27.75mm; thickness: 3.30mm; diameter: 21.29mm; weight: 9.57g.  
Created on: Monday 25th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-0465F4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal, 16th-17th century. The cloth seal has been cast with a raised privy mark on the obverse of the initials R S separated by a cruciform shape with crosslets on each arm. There remain traces of what may have been a circular pellet border around this entire design. The reverse of the seal is undecorated; the transverse gap between the two folded sides is visible around the outside edge. The lead alloy has acquired a dark grey-black patina. Dimensions: length: 29.03mm; thickness: 4.36mm; diameter: 21.56mm; weight: 10.16g. Identificati…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-05C5B0
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy two-part cloth seal, 16th-17th century. The find consists of a two-part cloth seal with one complete disc with an internal rivet, and an incomplete disc that would have had a central pierced hole. The obverse of the complete disc has been stamped with a privy mark of the initial E; another initial may have been present but this side of the disc is badly worn and has folded in towards the reverse slightly. At the reverse of this disc are the remains of an internal rivet surrounded by a good deal of concretion. The strip of alloy linking the two dis…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-311872
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal dating to the late 17th century. The seal has the same heraldic device on each side. The device features two animals acting as supporters to the central shield with a crest above the shield and a banner above and below. Dimensions: thickness: 2.25mm; diameter: 10.67mm; weight: 1.34g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-626366
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal comprising two discs with folded connecting strip. The outer discs have been lost. The surface is worn and the design is indistinct. There may be a dot and circle motif on one side and possibly an anchor on the other.
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Custom House area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-62AF85
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal comprising two sealed discs with three crowns within a garland on one side and the intials D above LG within a garland on the other. Below these initials and on the garland is an impressed letter Z on its side. Five pellets are in the upper right section of this side and there may be others in the field on the other side. There are two raised diagonal lines between the upper two crowns, possibly a flaw.
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Custom House area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-E46CA5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal comprising a strip of four discs folded in half. The design on the two smaller opposing discs is indistinct or absent. The two larger opposing discs either side of the connecting strip have, on one side, the letters *M above BA[V.] and on the other a series of vertical lines within a triangular border (possibly a shield) off the the centre of the disc.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-E48CF3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a lead cloth seal with inner discs and one complete outer disc surviving. A fragment of the other outer disc bears lettering in a monogram A with F or E (possibly within a D). The bar of the A is V-shaped. A fragment of connecting strip survives.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-F2B4E4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy cloth seal, consisting of two discs with a connecting strip, folded. On one side, TAVNTON. is arranged around a central cinquefoil in a beaded circular border. The other side has two leopards left with a crown and the numerals 72 above, in a similar border. This is likely to be the date 1672. The seal is from Taunton in Somerset, an important cloth manufacturing centre.
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Custom House area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-CEDA85
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval - Post Medieval lead two-disc cloth seal (late 14th – 18th century). Disc one has some lettering within a rectangular field with two chevrons (possibly a branch) above and a pellet on either side of the chevrons. All is enclosed within a pellet border. The lettering is quite indistinct, it reads ..OSL/W…. Only a fragment of disc two remains around the central rivet. The connecting strip is damaged and the majority is broken and missing. The seal is probably a clothier’s, weaver’s or searcher’s seal. Dimensions: diameter: 13.9mm; thickness: 3.2mm; weight: …
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-D19EA7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy alnage cloth seal from George I (AD1714-1727, although use of the bust of George I may have continued on further into the eighteenth century). This is a two disc cloth seal with interconnecting strip. Side one: Bust of George I facing right REX around the edge Side two: Three plumes through coronet, label near base, 1½ to sides. Reference: Egan, G. 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum. Occasional Paper 93. The British Museum Press; London. P.61 No.165.
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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